Scream
- Release Date
- December 20, 1996
- Director
- Wes Craven
- Cast
- Drew Barrymore , Kevin Patrick Walls , David Booth , Carla Hatley , Neve Campbell , Skeet Ulrich
- Runtime
- 111
- Main Genre
- Crime
- Writers
- Kevin Williamson
- Tagline
- Don't answer the phone. Don't open the door. Don't try to escape.
- Franchise
- Scream
Summary
A teenage girl (Neve Campbell) becomes the target of a killer who has stalked and killed one of her classmates. A tabloid news reporter (Courtney Cox) is determined to uncover the truth, insisting that the man who raped and killed Campbell's mother one year earlier is the same man who is terrorizing her now. Campbell's boyfriend (Skeet Ulrich) becomes the prime suspect.
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